New Virus

[kiwicolin]

don't know everybodys email address so posting on here.

just info to let you all know.rec'd from a mate today.

Hi Everyone,

I have just received the below email about a new virus that is about to hit us.

How credible ti is I will leave up to you to decide. The sender is a very good friend from my days in the RAF.

Stuart

BIG virus coming

I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up

for this virus!

I checked snopes.com, this morning, and it is for real!!

Get this E-mail message sent around to your contacts ASAP.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY

AND CONTACTS!

You should be alert during the next several weeks. Do not

open any message with an attachment entitled

'POSTCARD,'

regardless of who sent it to you.

It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns'

the whole hard disc (C drive) of your computer. This virus

will be received from someone who has your e-mail address

in his/her contact list. This is the reason why you need to

send this e-mail to all your contacts. It is better to receive

this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it.

If you receive a mail called' POSTCARD,' even though sent

to you by a friend, do not open it.! This includes all cards,

too. Shut down your computer immediately.

This is the worst virus announced by CNN. It has been

classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever.

This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there

is no repair yet for this kind of virus. This virus simply

destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where your vital

information is kept.

COPY THIS E-MAIL, AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS.

REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT

ALL OF US.

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus

[94th Minute]

Then again a quick search on google, with the words 'postcard' and 'virus' returns this http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_postcard_virus.htm

[si_aston]

Then again a quick search on google, with the words 'postcard' and 'virus' returns this http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_postcard_virus.htm

Just in case anyone actually believed it.

Those fake warnings always shout at me. Why? I'd find them a touch more credible if they didn't use caps lock or exclamation marks. Don't understand how people can still take these seriously.